PHILSTAR: JARIUS BONDOC - DOTC messes up 2 more big projects - Two more multibillion-peso DOTC works were stalled this week. These are the P17.5-billion expansion of the Mactan-Cebu International Airport, and P1.72-billion single ticketing for Manila's three railways. The new airport in Cagayan de Oro recently was denounced for overpriced construction and anomalous financing. Complaints abound of bribery in the licensing of pilots, airlines, and flying schools by the Civil Aviation Authority.
Tuesday, January 7, 2014
MANILA BULLETIN: CCT IRREGULARITIES UNCOVERED; 7,782 BENEFICIARIES NON-EXISTENT
The COA has discovered irregularities in the implementation of the multi-billion peso CCT program being implemented by the government for indigent families in the country. The recently released 2012 Consolidated Audit Report on Official Development Assistance Programs and Project noted that a TOTAL 7,782 OF THE HOUSEHOLD BENEFICIARIES WERE APPARENTLY NON-EXISTENT although they were listed to have relieved a total P50.15 million. The COA audit report also noted that some P18 billion in disbursements for the program from 2008 to 2012 have REMAINED UNDOCUMENTED as of the end of December, 2012.
The COA has discovered irregularities in the implementation of the multi-billion peso CCT program being implemented by the government for indigent families in the country. The recently released 2012 Consolidated Audit Report on Official Development Assistance Programs and Project noted that a TOTAL 7,782 OF THE HOUSEHOLD BENEFICIARIES WERE APPARENTLY NON-EXISTENT although they were listed to have relieved a total P50.15 million. The COA audit report also noted that some P18 billion in disbursements for the program from 2008 to 2012 have REMAINED UNDOCUMENTED as of the end of December, 2012.
MLA STANDARD: JOJO ROBLES - POLITICAL PORN
Aquino need not fear a Triple X coup. And why should he, when THE STORY CAME FROM HIS OWN CAMP, in all likelihood from the "war room" across Malacañang Palace itself? Since her detention, Arroyo has always had the good sense not to criticize Aquino, probably because she is aware that the incumbent holds immense power over her. This power, in fact, is WHAT KEEPS HER DETAINED DESPITE THE ABJECT LACK OF PROGRESS in the cases filed against her.
Aquino need not fear a Triple X coup. And why should he, when THE STORY CAME FROM HIS OWN CAMP, in all likelihood from the "war room" across Malacañang Palace itself? Since her detention, Arroyo has always had the good sense not to criticize Aquino, probably because she is aware that the incumbent holds immense power over her. This power, in fact, is WHAT KEEPS HER DETAINED DESPITE THE ABJECT LACK OF PROGRESS in the cases filed against her.
PHILSTAR: PHL INFLATION IN DEC. HITS 2-YEAR HIGH
Inflation rate of the Philippines in December increased to its highest level in two years as a result of devastation of typhoon Haiyan, or Yolanda, government agency announced today. The National Statistics Office today said inflation in December was at 4.1 percent, the highest since December 2011 when the country's inflation rate was at 4.2 percent.
Inflation rate of the Philippines in December increased to its highest level in two years as a result of devastation of typhoon Haiyan, or Yolanda, government agency announced today. The National Statistics Office today said inflation in December was at 4.1 percent, the highest since December 2011 when the country's inflation rate was at 4.2 percent.
INQUIRER: ARROYO INSISTS ON BAIL IN PCSO PLUNDER CASE
In a 11-page "reply to prosecution's opposition (to bail petition)" filed by lead counsel Modesto Ticman and the Gilera & Ticman Law Firm on Tuesday, the defense told the anti-graft court's First Division hearing the plunder charge against Arroyo that it erred in denying her bail. He said Aleta Tolentino herself admitted on cross examination that prior to her appointment by the President, she was never an employee or officer of the PCSO. As such, she certainly had no personal knowledge of the PCSO's Confidential and Intelligence Funds (CIF) transactions in 2008, 2009 and the first half of 2010, he said.
In a 11-page "reply to prosecution's opposition (to bail petition)" filed by lead counsel Modesto Ticman and the Gilera & Ticman Law Firm on Tuesday, the defense told the anti-graft court's First Division hearing the plunder charge against Arroyo that it erred in denying her bail. He said Aleta Tolentino herself admitted on cross examination that prior to her appointment by the President, she was never an employee or officer of the PCSO. As such, she certainly had no personal knowledge of the PCSO's Confidential and Intelligence Funds (CIF) transactions in 2008, 2009 and the first half of 2010, he said.
INQUIRER: TACLOBAN DEBRIS CONTINUES TO YIELD HUMAN BODIES
More bodies continue to be retrieved by the authorities from heaps of debris that liter the streets of Tacloban, two months after Supertyphoon "Yolanda" and accompanying storm surges demolished the city and other parts of Eastern Visayas. Senior Superintendent Pablo Cordeta, head of the Task Force Cadaver, said workers sifting through the typhoon's detritus are FINDING FIVE TO SEVEN BODIES A DAY.
More bodies continue to be retrieved by the authorities from heaps of debris that liter the streets of Tacloban, two months after Supertyphoon "Yolanda" and accompanying storm surges demolished the city and other parts of Eastern Visayas. Senior Superintendent Pablo Cordeta, head of the Task Force Cadaver, said workers sifting through the typhoon's detritus are FINDING FIVE TO SEVEN BODIES A DAY.
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